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Apple’s acqui-hire deal with AI avatar startup Animato includes patent applications
Read more: Apple’s acqui-hire deal with AI avatar startup Animato includes patent applicationsApple has signed a deal involving avatar software startup Animato that combines hiring rights, intellectual property licensing, and patent application transfers, reflecting Apple’s broader use of modular AI-focused transactions disclosed through the EU’s Digital Markets Act database.
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Federal Circuit says owners of patents subject to exclusive license still have standing to sue where terms don’t render rights “illusory”
Read more: Federal Circuit says owners of patents subject to exclusive license still have standing to sue where terms don’t render rights “illusory”A.L.M. and Ergon granted wide-ranging rights to an exclusive licensee – but retained the right to sue third-party infringers.
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Inventive step takes center stage as different European courts debate over methodologies
Read more: Inventive step takes center stage as different European courts debate over methodologiesAs European patent jurisprudence continues to evolve, judges and practitioners remain divided over how inventive step should be assessed. Discussions involving the UPC, EPO, as well as Swiss and German judges highlight continuing tensions between the problem-solution approach and holistic analysis, alongside emerging debates around evidentiary standards, AI, and the UPC’s growing influence.
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Pharma giant Takeda ordered to pay over $884 million in damages in Amitiza class action suit: patent litigation settlement was anticompetitive, jury finds
Read more: Pharma giant Takeda ordered to pay over $884 million in damages in Amitiza class action suit: patent litigation settlement was anticompetitive, jury findsTakeda has said it already plans to “vigorously” appeal the decision, which found its 2014 deal with competitor Par Pharmaceutical to drop its challenge to its AMITIZA patents and delay its generic entry by seven years, anticompetitive.
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Acer, ASUS want “stay of stay” against Nokia in UK; appeals court clarifies arbitration scope, but accepts wiggle room for arbitrators
Read more: Acer, ASUS want “stay of stay” against Nokia in UK; appeals court clarifies arbitration scope, but accepts wiggle room for arbitratorsAcer and ASUS have proven to be leave-no-stone-unturned types of defendants to Nokia’s video patent assertions.
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SIM IP acquires Alibaba video coding patents despite LOT Network membership
Read more: SIM IP acquires Alibaba video coding patents despite LOT Network membershipSIM IP has acquired 126 patent assets from Alibaba covering video coding and data infrastructure technologies tied to AV1, AV2, and VCM.
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ASUS settles global patent litigation with Wilus, Huawei, Philips: takes Sisvel Wi-Fi Multimode pool license
Read more: ASUS settles global patent litigation with Wilus, Huawei, Philips: takes Sisvel Wi-Fi Multimode pool licenseASUS has become the latest licensee to sign up to Sisvel’s Wi-Fi Multimode standard-essential patent program, days before a potential bench ruling from the Munich I Regional Court in an SEP dispute with Sisvel licensor Philips.
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